Description A Personality Disorder is an enduring pattern of inner experience and behaviour that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual’s culture, is pervasive and inflexible, has an onset in adolescence or early adulthood, is stable over time, and leads to distress or impairment. Cluster A: Odd or Eccentric Paranoid Personality Disorder is a…
I added this article as it had such an impact on me when I first read it. I sort of went through the grieving process over this article – I denied what the content was saying, I got angry over some of her conclusions but then it dawned on me that A.J has recovered from…
DEATH OF THE DREAM “Boy meets girl, it’s a delicate thing – so much time spent wondering if what you see is what you get…” – from a popular country western song. Relationships with people who suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) are unsettling and upsetting in many ways. Perhaps the most unsettling experience of…
You will find that a person with a Personality Disorder will be quite draining and frustrating and one thing you must have is your OWN support system. Because the person you care for does not have the skills to care for themselves let alone you. Sure they will pass emotions across to you, show affection…
The majority of BP’s are not capable of maintaining healthy relationship for many and varying reason. One such reason is abandonment or imagined abandonment. But who actually abandons who? This depends on the people involved in the marriage/relationship, the circumstances of this relationship unit and the degree of Borderline Personality Disorder that is being experienced….
SUPPORTING A SELF-INJURER Someone you care about has honored you by trusting you with information about their self-injury, or maybe you’ve inadvertently discovered it. Regardless of how you found out, you know about it now, and you can’t pretend it away — you have to respond in some way. Here are some guidelines for dealing…
BP BELIEF SYSTEMS What I’ve come to discover is one of the biggest things at the core of the problems with BPD is a shattered belief system. Belief systems are very powerful and shape who we are and how we behave. If a person believes with every fiber of his being he will succeed, their…
IT HELPS TO UNDERSTAND Being in a marriage/relationship with a person who has Borderline Personality Disorder will test your line of thinking, your own ability to cope and your beliefs. For many BP’s, life during their growing years were very difficult, for some it was even down right repulsive. During our development years we are…
